6. The Committee elected Ambassador Flávio
Miragaia-Perri (Brazil) to the Chair, Mr Ján Ilavský (Slovak
Republic) as First Vice-Chair, and as Vice-Chairs:

Mr Yvan Hardy

(Canada)

North America

Mr David Rhodes

(New Zealand)

Southwest Pacific

Mr Henri Djombo

(Republic of Congo)

Africa

Mr Mohammed Saeid Noori Naeini

(Islamic Republic of Iran)

Near East

Mr A.H.N. Jayasekara

(Sri Lanka)

Asia

7. The following member countries were elected to the Drafting
Committee for the COFO report: Australia, Costa Rica, China, Côte
d'Ivoire, Finland, Guatemala, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Japan, Kenya, Poland,
Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, and the United States of America. The
representative of Japan was elected to chair the Drafting Committee and the
representative from Guatemala was elected as vice-chair.